VISALIA- The Visalia Chamber of Commerce has announced the 2014 Man, Woman and Emerging Leaders of the Year finalists. The winners are kept top secret until the Annual Awards Celebration on June 19 at the Visalia Convention Center.  The Chamber received many nominations for these prestigious awards which honor those individuals who consistently go above and [...]

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA…May 15, 2014: San Joaquin Valley Food and Beverage Producers, Growers and Manufacturers gathered at Fresno City Hall Chambers Thursday, May 15 along with Fresno Food Expo organizers and the California Center for International Trade Development (CITD) during an interactive export forum featuring Federal, State and local partners who offered new regionally-specific data, discussed [...]

HOUSTON, May 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Emerging out of a slow economy many attributed to the brutal winter, investors ended the first quarter of the year with little confidence in the country’s finances and a renewed focus on their own personal savings, according to money management company STA Wealth Management’s quarterly survey. The volatility of markets coupled [...]

FRESNO — In a move to help accommodate the growth of the College of Health and Human Services, Fresno State broke ground on the Physical Therapy and Sports Administration building on Wednesday. Located near Barstow Avenue and Campus Drive in between the Aquatics Center and the North Gym Annex, this two-story facility will be home [...]

FRESNO - The Big Fresno Fair will be hosting a Preakness Stakes party this Saturday, May 17, to celebrate and watch as the excitement mounts over Kentucky Derby winner and Valley native California Chrome. This year’s Preakness Stakes excitement begins at 8 a.m. when doors open at the Fresno Fairgrounds’ Starting Gate and Club One Casino’s Polo [...]

CARLSBAD, Calif. and PENNINGTON, N.J., May 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Great careers in strong, fast-growing industries are available even if you don’t have a Bachelor’s degree, says the annual CareerCast report on the best jobs without a college degree. Among the best professions on the list are Carpenter, Computer Service Technician, Dental Hygienist, Hair Stylist and Registered Nurse. “For job [...]

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The U.S. Postal Service ended the second quarter of its 2014 fiscal year (Jan. 1, 2014 – March 31, 2014) with a net loss of $1.9 billion. This marks the 20th of the last 22 quarters it has sustained a loss. “The Postal Service is working diligently to improve its finances by streamlining our network to [...]

CLOVIS – The Clovis Chamber of Commerce is completing the first year of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, YEA!, that has been a great success. 11 enterprising Clovis Unified high school students created five viable businesses that are now up and running. During this 30 week, after school class, participants were led by local business leaders [...]

WASHINGTON, May 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Many U.S. cities are seeing an increase in bicycle commuters, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today. Nationwide, the number of people who traveled to work by bike increased roughly 60 percent over the last decade, from about 488,000 in 2000 to about 786,000 during the 2008-2012 period. This is [...]

VISALIA – The Visalia Chamber of Commerce has announced that Glenn Morris, current president & CEO of the Chamber has resigned, effective June 20, 2014.   Glenn has accepted a new opportunity with the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce and will be relocating.  He will continue in his current role through the end of June, [...]

CHICAGO, May 9, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Companies looking to engage their frontline workforce can leverage their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. New research shows when and how CSR can improve the job performance of frontline employees. Companies rely on frontline employees − salespeople, customer service representatives, account managers, and the like − to serve customers profitably. Yet, these [...]

CENTRAL VALLEY – Two hospitals within the Adventist Health / Central Valley Network were named recipients of the 2014 Women’s Choice Award as one of America’s Best Hospitals in Emergency Care. The honor went to Adventist Medical Centers in Hanford and Selma. The Women’s Choice Award is the only distinction that identifies the nation’s best healthcare institutions and [...]

FRESNO — Fresno State is one of seven California State University campuses ranked among the nation’s top colleges and universities based on a new criteria proposed by the White House that emphasizes accessibility, affordability and completion. TIME Magazine ranked Fresno State No. 21 after collecting data from 2,500 institutions and assessing each school based on [...]

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Most Americans (76%) are at least somewhat worried that new regulations proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to remove coal-powered electricity from the nation’s energy mix will lead to higher prices for consumers, according to an online survey of 2,058 adults conducted in April, 2014 by Harris Poll on behalf [...]

TULARE – Tulare County Information & Communications Technology employee Ryan McArthur spent much of his extra time in 2013 fixing and upgrading the County’s financial hardware system, AFIN.   It was a daunting task because the project was over budget and overdue. At the time, the AFIN project was not his problem or his main [...]

NEW YORK, May 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — With the unemployment rate for workers under the age of 25 lingering well above 14%—more than twice the national average—it may seem natural to presume that college students are concerned about their job prospects. Not so, according to the results of a recent survey, “The Grad Gap: College Millennials’ Career [...]

TULARE – Hundreds of Tulare County’s middle and high school students will be honored during a red carpet event this week for community service projects they conducted as part of the Step Up Youth Challenge. The Step Up Youth Challenge is a seven-month program designed to engage a diverse group of junior high and high [...]

ATLANTA, May 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – According to the most recent Randstad U.S. Employee Confidence Index, workers were slightly less confident in job availability and the strength of the economy in April, as the Index slightly decreased by 0.6 points to 56.5. Although a small decline, the Index remains level to where it stood at this time last [...]

ATLANTA, May 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — U.S. healthcare workers’ confidence levels rebounded in the first quarter of 2014, rising 2.9 points to 58.0, according to the Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index. The online study among 158 healthcare employees, which included physicians, nurses, healthcare administrators and other healthcare professionals, was conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of Randstad Healthcare during [...]

FRESNO – The National Science Foundation awarded a $1.5 million grant to Fresno State’s College of Science and Mathematics to enhance the quality of teaching in introductory science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses. Awarded under the National Science Foundation’s “Widening Implementation & Demonstration Evidence-Based Reforms” (WIDER) program, the grant will establish four faculty learning communities [...]